Trust the proven “Four Box” method to formulate ethically appropriate recommendations for patient care. Clinical Ethics, 8th Edition: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine teaches healthcare providers how to effectively identify, evaluate, and resolve ethical issues in clinical medicine. Using the author acclaimed “Four Box Method” and numerous illustrative case examples, this book enables practitioners to gain a better understanding of the complexities involved in ethical cases and demonstrates how to reach resolution to ethical problems.

Clinical Ethics goes beyond theory to offer a decision-making strategy applicable to real-world practice. Readers will learn an easy-to-apply system based on simple questions about medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features that clearly explain clinical ethics and help them formulate a sound diagnosis and treatment strategy. The case examples have been selected to demonstrate how principles apply to real-world everyday practice.

The co-authors, a bioethicist, a physician and a lawyer/ psychoanalyst /philosopher, draw on more than forty years respectively of clinical experience to select exemplary cases of ethical problems and to reflect on how moral principles and concepts can guide clinicians in formulating ethically appropriate recommendations for patient care.

Doody’s Core Title for 2021! Clinical Ethics, 8th Edition: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 8E. Author: Albert Jonsen (Author). Edition: 8th. Language: English. Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical. Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.5 x 9 inches. ISBN-10: 71845062. ISBN-13: 978-0071845069. Publication Date: June 30, 2015. Print Length: 256 pages.